The takeover of eastern Aleppo by Syrian government forces creates the conditions for the peaceful resolution of the conflict in Syria, Russian Defense Ministry official Sergei Rudskoi said Friday. Rudskoi added that all civilians and most rebel fighters had left formerly rebel-controlled...

The U.S.-led coalition battling ISIS Friday it destroyed 14 tanks, an air defense artillery system and other weaponry near the Syrian city of Palmrya after ISIS seized the city from Syrian and Russian forces this month. The strikes, which the military said in a statement took place on...

If ISIS group is to be defeated and prevented from reappearing under some new guise, the root causes behind its birth and growth must be addressed, American experts say. In the face of an uprising that has catalyzed and channeled anger, frustrations and resentments of a significant part of...

When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the Kremlin’s bombing campaign in Syria last year to back up leader Bashar Assad, the regime’s forces were being pushed back. Now Damascus is celebrating its biggest victory in over five years of war after recapturing control of the rebel...

Sanctions against Iran were officially extended for another decade Thursday, even though President Obama did not sign the legislation, a symbolic move intended to show the White House’s disapproval of the bill. The sanctions renewal, which passed Congress with enough votes to be veto-proof,...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry accused the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of carrying out "nothing short of a massacre" in Aleppo, where thousands were evacuated on Thursday from the last rebel bastion in a city besieged for years. Kerry, speaking at a news briefing, said...

French President Francois Hollande accused Russia on Thursday of reneging on its pledges in Syria, as the mayor of the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo appealed to Europe to send monitors to help ensure the safety of civilians. "I have been talking constantly to Russia, and Russia makes...

(Sky News)- Yahoo says it believes more than one billion user accounts may have had data stolen in a cyberattack in 2013. It is separate to a hack in 2014, revealed this September, in which 500 million accounts were affected. The technology giant made the latest discovery as it was...

In an unexpected reversal, President Barack Obama declined to sign a renewal of sanctions against Iran but let it become law anyway, in an apparent bid to alleviate Tehran’s concerns that the U.S. is backsliding on the nuclear deal. Although the White House had said that Obama was expected...

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Japan on Thursday for a two-day summit that marks his first official visit to a G-7 country since Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea. His Rossiya Airlines plane touched down at 4:50 p.m. at Yamaguchi Ube Airport on the coast of western Japan, two...

The White House on Wednesday criticized claims that the U.S. is standing idly by as the Syrian city of Aleppo falls to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces. "It's offensive to suggest that somehow the United States government and the world is not doing anything," spokesman Josh Earnest...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke by phone on Wednesday with his Russian, Turkish and Qatari counterparts, stressing the need to continue seeking a ceasefire for the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo and the resumption of political talks to end the war. State Department spokesman John...

(Al Jazeera)- The UN's West Africa envoy says Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh must step down when his mandate ends in January and would be "strongly sanctioned" if he sought to remain in power. Long-ruling Jammeh lost the election to little-known businessman Adama Barrow on December 1 and...

The top U.S. general leading the fight against ISIS says the militants got control of military equipment and weapons, possibly including air defense equipment, when they recaptured the Syrian town of Palmyra. Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend says Russian forces and the Syrian government took their...

Up to a thousand people gathered Wednesday in Sarajevo - the Bosnian city that survived a brutal 44-month siege during the Balkan wars of the 1990s - to rally against the carnage in Syria. Representatives of Bosnia's Muslim, Catholic, Orthodox Christian and Jewish communities said they felt...

Syria's regime forces and their allies have almost certainly violated international law and probably committed war crimes by the latest bombardment of civilians hoping to be evacuated from eastern Aleppo, the U.N. human rights chief said on Wednesday. "The Syrian Government has a clear...

The United Nations Human Rights Council is meeting to discuss the situation in South Sudan, with the world body's top human rights official saying there's still time for action to avoid a "worst-case scenario" in the five-year-old country. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, the U.N. high commissioner...

 Canadian actor Alan Thicke, best known for his role as the dad in 1980s sitcom "Growing Pains" and as the father of singer Robin Thicke, has died, his publicity agency said on Twitter. He was 69. Thicke, who became a household name after starring as psychiatrist Jason Seaver in the US...

(Al Jazeera)- South Korean MPs are holding a hearing to investigate why impeached President Park Geun-hye went "missing" during a major ferry disaster in 2014 - the latest trouble to hit the pressured leader. Seven hours elapsed between the first news reports that a ferry carrying hundreds...

(Sky News)- The US ambassador to the UN has lashed out at the Syrian government, and its allies Russia and Iran, saying they bear the responsibility for the "carnage" in Aleppo. Speaking during an emergency UN Security Council meeting, Samantha Power used strong language as she addressed her...